seek truth from facts(shí shì qiú shì)

seek truth from facts

Seeking truth from facts, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í sh ì Qi ú sh ì, meaning to proceed from the actual situation, not exaggerate, not shrink, correctly recognize and solve problems. "Hanshu · Hejian Xianwang biography" says: "study well in ancient times, seek truth from facts."

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Han Dynasty, biography of Hejian Xianwang Liu Dezhuan: "Hejian Xianwang de was established in the first two years of Xiaojing. He studied well in ancient times and sought truth from facts. If you get a good book from the people, you must write it well, keep it true, and add gold and silk to it. "

Idiom story

Liu De was the third son of Liu Qi, the king of Hejian in 155 BC. Liu De likes Confucianism very much. He imitates Confucianism in his clothes, words and deeds. Most of the scholars in Shandong are attached to him. at that time, Confucianism had not yet become orthodox. After the war at the end of Qin Dynasty, there were few ancient books and few scholars. It was not easy to restore Confucianism. At this time, Liu De, the king of Hejian, rose from time to time and "compiled the lost and scattered volumes in his spare time, only to survive again". Liu De, who has been king for 26 years, has never been involved in the political whirlpool of kings' struggle for power, but devoted his whole life to the collection and collation of ancient Chinese cultural books. In order to collect books, Liu De's footprints are all over Luoyang, Shandong, Hebei and other places. He was not afraid of hard work and practiced it. Anyone who heard that there were good books among the people went to buy them with a lot of money and ordered people to copy them again for the people. For those who didn't want to sell them, he would like to ask for them and never take coercive measures. This was difficult for most of the rulers at that time. Therefore, Liu Dexian was well-known. Many intellectuals traveled thousands of miles to bring their ancestors' old books to Liu De. To these people, Liu De all gives the reuse and the bonus. His books include Shi, Zuozhuan, Zhouguan, Liji and so on. Liu De also personally participated in the collation of ancient books. He took famous Confucians Mao Chang and Guan Changqing as his doctor, Wang Ding as Shi Cheng, and recruited many famous scholars to study and collate the books. Liu De's attitude of sorting out ancient books is very strict. He must organize scholars to discuss and analyze incomplete, different words and different versions of ancient books, correct errors and carefully collate them before sorting them out. After arduous collation work, Liu De sorted out a large number of original ancient books, which was a timely help for the Han Dynasty, which was very short of books at that time. According to historical records, Liu De had many ancient books, such as poems and books, to enter the court. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che was very happy to see that Liu De had brought so many books. Every time he held a grand ceremony to receive them. Although Liu De devoted himself to the collation of ancient books, he later became ill because of the suspicion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and died in Fengguo in 130 BC. However, Liu De's works are still sought after by the intellectuals. Ban Gu set up a biography for him in the book of Han Dynasty. The first biography evaluated Liu De's theory of "seeking truth from facts".

Idiom usage

To sum up experience, we should be practical and realistic, and not make false.

Chinese PinYin : shí shì qiú shì